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> Previously, many companies gated these APIs but with the MCP AI hype they are incentivized to expose what you can achieve with APIs through an agent service.
by troupo 1y ago
> Previously, many companies gated these APIs but with the MCP AI hype they are incentivized to expose what you can achieve with APIs through an agent service.
Why would they be incentivized to do that if they survived all the previous hype waves and still have access gated?
> user wants automations on data and actions on a service they are already using,
How many users want that? Why didn't companies do all this before, since the need for automation has always been there?
- diggan 1y ago> Why would they be incentivized to do that if they survived all the previous hype waves and still have access gated? Because they suddenly now don't want to be left out of the whole AI hype/wave. Is it stupid? Yes. Can we still reap the benefits of these choices driven by stupid motivations? Also yes.
- troupo 1y ago> Because they suddenly now don't want to be left out of the whole AI hype/wave. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44405491 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44405491 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44408434 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44408434